AMERICAN CLIMATE VALUES 2014 insights by racial
... than can be put into words. We need to reach beyond the environmental community—especially to the groups that will be most impacted by climate change— and incorporate their considerations and voices into our efforts to achieve local, regional, national, and international solutions. One part of this ...
... than can be put into words. We need to reach beyond the environmental community—especially to the groups that will be most impacted by climate change— and incorporate their considerations and voices into our efforts to achieve local, regional, national, and international solutions. One part of this ...
A Region Responds to a Changing Climate
... has worked over the past two years to develop this plan with an initial five-year horizon. The plan is a critical milestone of the Compact, entered into by Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties in January 2010. Much of the Compact’s work up to this point has served to unite, organize, ...
... has worked over the past two years to develop this plan with an initial five-year horizon. The plan is a critical milestone of the Compact, entered into by Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties in January 2010. Much of the Compact’s work up to this point has served to unite, organize, ...
The impact of polar stratospheric ozone loss on Southern
... prevents mixing between high- and mid-latitude air masses (e.g. Tuck, 1989; Schoeberl and Hartmann, 1991; Waugh and Polvani, 2010), which allows for very high levels of chemical ozone depletion. The Arctic vortex is not as stable as that of the Antarctic due to increased planetary wave activity in t ...
... prevents mixing between high- and mid-latitude air masses (e.g. Tuck, 1989; Schoeberl and Hartmann, 1991; Waugh and Polvani, 2010), which allows for very high levels of chemical ozone depletion. The Arctic vortex is not as stable as that of the Antarctic due to increased planetary wave activity in t ...
IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 6 FIRST-‐ORDER DRAFT Expert Review
... Thank you for your strong support. We agree on the added value change on oceanic ecosystems. Being a “mechanism-‐based” scientist, working with individuals and mainly with physiological of considering the me ...
... Thank you for your strong support. We agree on the added value change on oceanic ecosystems. Being a “mechanism-‐based” scientist, working with individuals and mainly with physiological of considering the me ...
8. equal per capita entitlements
... capita emissions over a stipulated time. As stated earlier, population size is a proposed criterion for determining how many entitlements each country is allocated. This scheme was first introduced by the nongovernmental Global Commons Institute (GCI) in 19905 and has been refined further into what ...
... capita emissions over a stipulated time. As stated earlier, population size is a proposed criterion for determining how many entitlements each country is allocated. This scheme was first introduced by the nongovernmental Global Commons Institute (GCI) in 19905 and has been refined further into what ...
ecosystem-based adaptation - Fundação Grupo Boticário de
... reference – constructed based on discussions held with members of the Climate Observatory and with representatives of Brazil’s Department of Climate Change and Environmental Quality, of the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) – for guiding the study:”ECOSYSTEM BASED ADAPTATION: opportunities for publi ...
... reference – constructed based on discussions held with members of the Climate Observatory and with representatives of Brazil’s Department of Climate Change and Environmental Quality, of the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) – for guiding the study:”ECOSYSTEM BASED ADAPTATION: opportunities for publi ...
Marine Ecology Progress Series 394:1
... cooperative international programs aimed at better unpatterns of physical and chemical properties and comderstanding processes including biogeochemical cypared them with local phytoplankton floristic data cling and carbon flux (e.g. World Ocean Circulation Ex(where available) and satellite-derived e ...
... cooperative international programs aimed at better unpatterns of physical and chemical properties and comderstanding processes including biogeochemical cypared them with local phytoplankton floristic data cling and carbon flux (e.g. World Ocean Circulation Ex(where available) and satellite-derived e ...
Bird Species and Climate Change
... Climate change will also cause some of its most serious but least predictable impacts by shifting the timing of natural events and by shifting species’ geographical distributions. This will rearrange plant and animal communities and ecosystems, and disrupt birds’ relationships with predators, compet ...
... Climate change will also cause some of its most serious but least predictable impacts by shifting the timing of natural events and by shifting species’ geographical distributions. This will rearrange plant and animal communities and ecosystems, and disrupt birds’ relationships with predators, compet ...
tackling the double injustice of climate change and gender inequality
... inequality, nor climate change, for that matter, fall from the sky. They exist because we, human beings, have chosen to live in this way. Climate change is injustice. Poverty is injustice. And resolving gender inequality is inseparable from the solution to both. We know that lasting solutions will o ...
... inequality, nor climate change, for that matter, fall from the sky. They exist because we, human beings, have chosen to live in this way. Climate change is injustice. Poverty is injustice. And resolving gender inequality is inseparable from the solution to both. We know that lasting solutions will o ...
tackling the double injustice of climate change and gender inequality
... inequality, nor climate change, for that matter, fall from the sky. They exist because we, human beings, have chosen to live in this way. Climate change is injustice. Poverty is injustice. And resolving gender inequality is inseparable from the solution to both. We know that lasting solutions will o ...
... inequality, nor climate change, for that matter, fall from the sky. They exist because we, human beings, have chosen to live in this way. Climate change is injustice. Poverty is injustice. And resolving gender inequality is inseparable from the solution to both. We know that lasting solutions will o ...
4 Framework for ICTs` integration in cities climate change
... cities. The Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (UNDESA), has estimated that by 2050, about 70% of the world's population is expected to live in urban areas and over 60% of the land projected to become urban by 2030 is yet to be built. This high concentration of populatio ...
... cities. The Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (UNDESA), has estimated that by 2050, about 70% of the world's population is expected to live in urban areas and over 60% of the land projected to become urban by 2030 is yet to be built. This high concentration of populatio ...
The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict
... The goal of this study is to address this important gap in the literature and estimate the long-run effects of climate change on conflict, and to provide evidence that the effects are non-linear with respect to the duration of change. The main barrier to estimating long run effects is the lack of l ...
... The goal of this study is to address this important gap in the literature and estimate the long-run effects of climate change on conflict, and to provide evidence that the effects are non-linear with respect to the duration of change. The main barrier to estimating long run effects is the lack of l ...
Working Paper 170 - Doda 2014 (opens in new window)
... with a carbon cycle and a climate system. These bene ts can be interpreted as a lower bound for the direct and indirect costs which would make geoengineering less preferable to abatement. In the planner's solution to the model, exogenous geoengineering in the future increases investment in physical ...
... with a carbon cycle and a climate system. These bene ts can be interpreted as a lower bound for the direct and indirect costs which would make geoengineering less preferable to abatement. In the planner's solution to the model, exogenous geoengineering in the future increases investment in physical ...
Why is geoengineering so tempting?
... with a carbon cycle and a climate system. These bene ts can be interpreted as a lower bound for the direct and indirect costs which would make geoengineering less preferable to abatement. In the planner's solution to the model, exogenous geoengineering in the future increases investment in physical ...
... with a carbon cycle and a climate system. These bene ts can be interpreted as a lower bound for the direct and indirect costs which would make geoengineering less preferable to abatement. In the planner's solution to the model, exogenous geoengineering in the future increases investment in physical ...
City of Long Beach Climate Resiliency Assessment Report
... identifying trends difficult without making broad assumptions. Fortunately, the next key, Powerful Diagnostic and Forecasting Tools, can assist in this regard. 3. Powerful Diagnostic and Forecasting Tools Numerous diagnostic and forecasting tools are currently being developed for Los Angeles County ...
... identifying trends difficult without making broad assumptions. Fortunately, the next key, Powerful Diagnostic and Forecasting Tools, can assist in this regard. 3. Powerful Diagnostic and Forecasting Tools Numerous diagnostic and forecasting tools are currently being developed for Los Angeles County ...
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... response to the adverse impacts of climate change. However, the bill did not address the causes of climate change or its potentially devastating consequences in the developing world, so environmental groups and others favoring a more comprehensive solution did not lend it the support its passage wou ...
... response to the adverse impacts of climate change. However, the bill did not address the causes of climate change or its potentially devastating consequences in the developing world, so environmental groups and others favoring a more comprehensive solution did not lend it the support its passage wou ...
Everybody`s Movement: Environmental Justice and Climate Change
... to decrease their carbon footprint. Millions of philanthropic dollars have been targeted for climate work. Increasingly, governments, at all levels, are implementing policies to decrease energy use within their operations and are funding programs within their jurisdictions. Numerous nonprofit organi ...
... to decrease their carbon footprint. Millions of philanthropic dollars have been targeted for climate work. Increasingly, governments, at all levels, are implementing policies to decrease energy use within their operations and are funding programs within their jurisdictions. Numerous nonprofit organi ...
Chapter 3: Changing Arctic: Indigenous Perspectives
... convey the sense of how climate change is seen, not in the form of aggregate statistics or general trends, but in specific terms for particular individuals and communities.The case studies provide the basis for a discussion of resilience, or protecting options to increase the capacity of arctic soci ...
... convey the sense of how climate change is seen, not in the form of aggregate statistics or general trends, but in specific terms for particular individuals and communities.The case studies provide the basis for a discussion of resilience, or protecting options to increase the capacity of arctic soci ...
geoengineering: ocean iron fertilisation and the
... Climate change mitigation is one the greatest challenges facing humankind. Recent attempts at reducing carbon emissions have stalled. Various proposals have been made that aim to reduce the levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide through geoengineering. One such technique is ocean iron fertilisation. T ...
... Climate change mitigation is one the greatest challenges facing humankind. Recent attempts at reducing carbon emissions have stalled. Various proposals have been made that aim to reduce the levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide through geoengineering. One such technique is ocean iron fertilisation. T ...
Climate Change: Mastering the Public Health Role
... The evidence is unequivocal; the Earth is warming and our climate is changing. In addition to the warming trend, changes in precipitation and an increase in extreme weather events are further warnings of climate change. Trends in average annual global temperatures show an increase from 2001 – 2007 w ...
... The evidence is unequivocal; the Earth is warming and our climate is changing. In addition to the warming trend, changes in precipitation and an increase in extreme weather events are further warnings of climate change. Trends in average annual global temperatures show an increase from 2001 – 2007 w ...
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... CAI-Asia and CDIA do not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and does not accept responsibility for consequence of their use. ...
Debating Climate Economics: The Stern Review vs
... in a country where World Wars I and II loomed considerably larger than in the US.5 An average global warming of 5o (all temperatures cited here are in degrees Celsius) would cause “a radical change in the physical geography of the world [that] must lead to major changes in the human geography – wher ...
... in a country where World Wars I and II loomed considerably larger than in the US.5 An average global warming of 5o (all temperatures cited here are in degrees Celsius) would cause “a radical change in the physical geography of the world [that] must lead to major changes in the human geography – wher ...
A comprehensive review of climate adaptation in the United States
... and timing of climate changes, this should not be a rationale for inaction or a barrier to adaptation (Kerr 2011; NRC 2010a). Climate changes affect human health, natural ecosystems, and built environments, and stresses existing social, institutional, and legal arrangements. While a changing climate ...
... and timing of climate changes, this should not be a rationale for inaction or a barrier to adaptation (Kerr 2011; NRC 2010a). Climate changes affect human health, natural ecosystems, and built environments, and stresses existing social, institutional, and legal arrangements. While a changing climate ...
Adaptation Research Programs and Funding
... Climate change is occurring and mitigation measures cannot be implemented in time to forestall the impacts of climate on transportation infrastructure in the United States. Strategies are urgently required to adapt our infrastructure, travel behavior, development and investment policies and manageme ...
... Climate change is occurring and mitigation measures cannot be implemented in time to forestall the impacts of climate on transportation infrastructure in the United States. Strategies are urgently required to adapt our infrastructure, travel behavior, development and investment policies and manageme ...